A short spoken monologue (YouTube) in which the speaker reflects on family cooking traditions, the secrecy/gatekeeping of recipes by relatives, and their own analytical approach to cooking that led them to prefer baking. The speaker notes a regret about not becoming a great chef and describes baking as a better fit because of its emphasis on measurement and precision.
A lot of people in my family cook. Do I? Not really. They are very bad at sharing the secrets. I maybe have a little more of an analytical mind when it comes to cooking. I've been told that baking might be better for me because I kind of need to know, like, got a measure this, that, how long in the fire? When you ask my mom that question, she's like, you know, you just put a little whatever. And I'm like, well, it's not whatever. It's like, I need to know. So it's as good as your thing. And she's like, I think because she was gatekeeping this information, I never became the great chef that I could have been.
Second calling. That might have been my second calling.
